Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
As voters prepare to cast ballots on school budgets and board members Tuesday, New York State United Teachers has launched a $1 million ad campaign urging them “to remember that opportunity for children, good jobs and a healthy economy are all part of the American Dream—and depend on passing school budgets on May 20.” The commercial [...]
America's Finest Blog (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
I was pleased to report Wednesday that Associated Press and even the Los Angeles Times had finally begun to be honest about the governor's 2008-09 education budget proposal. They reported it actually increased spending over the previous year and met...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
The education minister's budget was called "simplistic" by the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) on Friday, following the budget speech in Parliament on Thursday. "Sadtu wishes to express its concern at the simplistic nature of the education minister's budget speech to Parliament," said Thulas Nxesi, general secretary of the union.
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The push to prevent City Hall from cutting next year's education budget gained a powerful ally Friday - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
With school budget votes just four days away, the State Education Department has announced the names of 380 "high-achieving" schools on Long Island, among more than 1,700 statewide that excel in state reading and math tests.
HTMF: Prince Rupert's Website (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
yeap I knew it was coming. Drastic cuts deep and wide not the normal every year thing for the school board. This frigging Govt .. do they have a clue what they are doing? Lets spend more money on the paths thru the tulips, cut the school budgets who...
Ynet News (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
'Twenty-five percent of the higher education's budget has been cut when the system itself continued to grow,' Prof. Zvi Galil says, ' we have reached the point where it is hard to fix the damage that has already been done'
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Who Supports Education Budget Cuts in California? WE DON'T! Who says NO to Schwarzenegger's proposed cuts? Parents, Kids, and Bike-riders!
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Pittsburgh Public Schools has cut its operating budget by more than $1 million over the past three years but still faces challenges reining in its debt.
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Former Washington, D.C., mayor and current D.C. Council Member Marion Barry comes out in favor of school vouchers, provided the money does not come from the existing public school budget. That proviso relieves much of the competitive pressure that otherwise might encourage public schools to improve, but at least Barry acknowledges the desirability of choice and diversity...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Yes, it's school budget vote time, at least May 20th, that is, the day in which residents of school districts outside NYC and other major cities like Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers, vote “yes” or “no” on their school budgets. Along with that is the annual spate of ads by New York State United Teachers urging [...]
Left In SF (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
The SF Board of Education's Budget and Business Services Committee will be meeting at 555 Franklin at 6 p.m. tonight. All seven members of the Board will be invited to hear how the state revised budget which has been released today will impact SFUSD's 2008-09 budget. The agenda has the following items: 1. Budget Development for [...]
Left In SF (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Jack O'Connell, Superintendent for Schools and the California Teachers Association's (CTA) executive committee stopped at Leonard Flynn Elementary School on their bus tour to protest the Governor's education budget cuts. The "May revise" which shows the revisions to the state budget from the influx (or lack) of property and other taxes collected in March and [...]
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
LINCOLN — Voters at last night's financial town meeting voted to increase the school committee’s 2008-09 budget by $517,248 more than the town Budget Board recommended. The Budget Board had proposed a $47.78 million school budget, a $1.1 million increase...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
In a lobbying effort thats been quietly gaining steam for weeks, Marc Borbely, of Fix Our Schools, puts the issue...
